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My favourite tools are all made of copper which is kinder on soil than iron (check out www.implementations.co.uk). I use them relatively little as there is no digging to do here, and relatively little hoeing. Copper trowels are my most helpful tool for extracting any perennial weeds, around edges especially, also for harvesting roots such as garlic and carrots, and for setting out larger plants. A long wooden dibber is also invaluable, used almost every day in summer.
I was recently sent some tools to try out . One of Eliot Coleman’s hoes worked well but is unfortunately made of iron. A blocking apparatus for making blocks to sow into, out of throoughly wetted compost, was more time consuming to use than simply filling module trays (check out B&Q, plastic ones with 60 holes, re-usable time and again with no washing needed) - also the blocker’ blocks are fatter at the bottom than at the top, so are less practical for dibbed holes. See http://themarketgardener.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=4&zenid=534a16387e0d550cf635438c92a835c9
for more on these tools.
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